Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Her daughter’s panicked appearance made Jason feel a little guilty. He should not have said what he did and frightened her, but he wanted her to see the reality of things.
He raised his hand and gently touched his daughter’s head with a smile on his face. “Of course, I won’t chop off his hand. I’m not a bad person. I just want you to know that even if you’re handcuffed together, it’s actually easy to separate you if we want to.”
Jasper blinked. “Daddy, are you really not going to chop off William’s hand?”
“Yes.” Jason looked just like a loving father. His eyes were full of affection when he looked at his daughter, who looked very much like Grace. When he looked at his tiny daughter, it made up for his regrets for not knowing Grace when they were younger. “But Jasper, just tell me if you like William. You don’t have to play such tricks.”
“Daddy, will you let William stay if I tell you that?”
“I’ll agree if it’s a reasonable request,” Jason said gently. The smile on the corner of his lips softened. “You’re my daughter, and I’ll only give you the best. You can keep William around if you really like him.”
Jason said nonchalantly. Jasper instantly smiled and leaned over to kiss Jason hard on his face. “Daddy, you’re so nice.”
“I hope I can grant all your wishes.” Jason touched his daughter’s little head fondly before saying, “Alright, it’s late. Hurry and go to sleep. I’ll accompany you and tell you a story.”
“Okay,” answered Jasper Reed.
Jason picked up the storybook Jasper was holding earlier and began to tell a story. Soon, Jasper fell asleep.
Jason looked at his daughter’s sleeping face with a gentle gaze. However, when he glanced at William, who was sleeping beside his daughter, his eyes became extremely cold. There was no tenderness left in them.
Standing up, Jason turned to leave the room after turning off the lights.
The bedroom was instantly dark, and only the moonlight from the window offered some light.
William, who had his eyes closed, opened them. His little face was pale, and his body was stiff.
He was awake from just now. He even thought what Jasper’s father said was not meant for Jasper to hear but him.
He remembered seeing the uncle on TV, and his mother had pointed at him while saying, “William, his name is Jason. He’s the most terrible man in Emerald City. He’s also the strongest executioner. He’ll not spare anyone he wants to lay a hand on. He’s just like a demon…”
His mother’s face had contorted when she said this. There was fear, which was a feeling he understood.
He had only seen the devil in TV dramas and movies. The devil would tear people apart with a mouth full of blood!
‘Jason… Is Jasper’s daddy the devil?
‘If Jasper hadn’t said she likes me, would he really chop my hand off?’
William had always been a calm child, but… he was only five years old, after all. He could not help feeling scared, and his body would not stop trembling.
However, when he looked down at his hands, all that crossed his mind was… ‘If I lose my hand, does that mean I won’t be able to play the piano anymore?’
He could not say he liked playing the piano. His talent was natural. His teacher said he was a genius, but he lacked emotion and was more like a machine.
He never thought about what it would be like to be unable to play the piano, but he was suddenly a little reluctant.
‘If I can’t play the piano, is Jasper… going to stop liking me?”
He seemed to want to play the piano for her.
The Reed family had suppressed the news, so Lina had no idea that Grace found her child-let alone that the child was kidnapped and her best friend almost died!
Lina only found out about everything after calling Jason on the phone because she could not get through to her best friend.
She hurriedly took the day off and rushed to the hospital Grace was admitted to.
“Grace, your hands…” Lina immediately froze at the sight of her best friend’s bandaged hands.
After learning that her best friend would be undergoing an operation for her hands in a few days and the success rate of the operation was very low, Lina gasped sharply.
“What if… the operation fails…”
“That means I can’t do anything with them anymore, but… even if I
can’t use my hands, I still have my mouth and feet. Aren’t there a lot of devices that use voice functions these days? I can still do a lot of things without my hands. Don’t be so worried. It’s not as bad as you think,” Grace smiled and said nonchalantly.
‘Isn’t this… an extremely bad situation?’
However, Lina knew that her best friend did not want her to worry so much! Therefore, she smiled and said, “The operation will be successful! I’m sure of it. After your successful operation, let’s go for drinks and karaoke!”
“Okay!” Grace said with a smile.
“Hold on… Not drinking.” Lina suddenly thought of how she had slept with Hadwin Stephenson after drinking previously and immediately changed her mind, saying, “We’d better just play the finger guessing game and karaoke. We should stop drinking so much.”
Grace smiled. “What’s the matter? Are you scared of getting drunk?”
Lina laughed dryly and quickly changed the subject, saying, “By the way, when I called Jason earlier, he said that the child named Mason is the one you lost. What… What a coincidence!”
“He is.” Grace herself lamented the magic of fate, not expecting that the child she helped back then was her own son.
“But the boy isn’t very amiable. Does he accept you as his parents?” asked Lina.
Grace shook her head. “No, but I’m sure he’ll accept us one day.”
Lina was about to speak when a feeling of nausea suddenly came over her. She quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom in the ward. She leaned over the sink and threw up.
From her hospital bed outside, Grace could hear the sound of vomiting coming from the bathroom.
After a while, Lina came out of the bathroom. She looked a little pale, and her voice had a touch of exhaustion. “Sorry, my stomach hasn’t been feeling very well these days. I have no appetite and keep throwing up. I’ll buy some medicine later.”
“Don’t take medicine!” Grace said quickly.
Lina looked at her best friend with a puzzled look on her face. “Don’t take medicine? Then what should I take?”
Grace pressed her lips together and sized her best friend up a little hesitantly. “Have you… uh… had S** recently?”
Lina was dumbfounded for about ten seconds before she suddenly realized what her best friend meant. Her somewhat pale face instantly turned red.
Grace quickly said, “I… I don’t mean anything else. I’m just afraid it’s not a good idea to take medicine if you’re… pregnant.”
Lina looked at Grace and then at her flat belly… ‘Am I pregnant?’
If she was pregnant, then the child… could only be Hadwin Stephenson’s!
However… it would be ridiculous if she were really pregnant!
She had once looked forward to conceiving that man’s child because she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. However, if she were pregnant with Hadwin Stephenson’s child, they would only be more entangled with each other!
She had finally drawn a line with Hadwin Stephenson. What… did this mean now?
Looking at her best friend’s reaction, Grace also figured that Lina… was probably pregnant.
“Is it Hadwin Stephenson’s?” she asked.
Lina smiled bitterly and looked up at Grace. “It’s funny, isn’t it? It never happened when I wanted it to, yet it has happened when I
don’t want it to.”
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